Karl (surname)

Karl is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg (1805–1863), German prince of the House of Ascania
 * Allan Karl, American author, adventurer and speaker
 * Alois Karl (born 1950), German lawyer and politician from Bavaria
 * Andy Karl (born 1973), American actor and singer
 * Andy Karl (baseball) (1914–1989), American baseball player
 * Arny Karl (1940–2000), American landscape painter
 * Barry Dean Karl (1927–2010), American educator
 * Beatrix Karl (born 1967), Austrian academic, politician and government minister
 * Benjamin Karl (born 1985), Austrian Olympic snowboarder
 * Coby Karl (born 1983), American basketball player
 * David Karl (born 1950), American microbial biologist and oceanographer
 * Elfriede Karl (born 1933), Austrian politician
 * Ernst Karl (1945–2001), Austrian police officer convicted of murder
 * Franz Karl (disambiguation), several people
 * Frederick Karl (disambiguation), several people
 * Fritz Karl (born 1967), Austrian actor
 * George Karl (born 1951), American basketball coach
 * Günther Karl (born 1949), German Olympic rower
 * Jean E. Karl (1927–2000), American novelist
 * Jerry Karl (1941–2008), American racing driver
 * Jonathan Karl (born 1968), American political journalist
 * Markus Karl (born 1986), German footballer
 * Martin Karl (1911–1942), German Olympic rower
 * Mary Brennan Karl (1893–1948), American educator
 * Mary Cordia Karl (1893–1984), American mathematician
 * Raimund Karl (born 1959), Austrian archaeologist, Celticist and historian
 * Reinhard Karl (1946–1982), German mountaineer, photographer and writer
 * Richie Karl (born 1944), American golfer
 * Roger Karl (birth name Roger Trouvé; 1882–1984), French actor
 * Scott Karl (born 1971), American baseball player
 * Steffen Karl (born 1970), German footballer
 * Terry Karl, professor of Latin American Studies at Stanford University
 * Thomas R. Karl, climate researcher, director of the U.S. National Centers for Environmental Information 2015–2016
 * William Karl, American electrical engineer
 * William Karl (bishop) (1915–2019), Indian Anglican cleric, Bishop of Northern Karnataka 1970–1980